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Group sizes allowed under large group exemptions have been reduced, and extra restrictions have been placed on already approved events because of an increase in coronavirus infections.
At a press conference on Covid yesterday, Ernest Peets, the Minis...
DATE: Dec 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Young people aged 10 to 19 are the peak infection group in the island’s latest surge in coronavirus numbers, government figures have revealed.
But the average age of people who tested positive for the coronavirus is 30.
Kim Wilson, the health ministe...
DATE: Dec 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A former general manager of the Bermuda Telephone Company helped to rewire the island’s phone system after he arrived in 1963.
Daniel Mannus, who headed BTC from 1986 until 1991, was also a longstanding member of Hamilton Rotary Club and was presiden...
DATE: Dec 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
The Minister of Health yesterday praised Bermuda and its frontline workers for their fortitude after more than 20 months of struggle against the Covid-19 pandemic.
Kim Wilson, in what she said was likely her last Covid-19 briefing of the year, thanke...
DATE: Dec 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than 100 people showed up to interview for hospitality jobs at a special employment fair yesterday.
The recruitment drive was organised by the Bermuda Tourism Authority and the Bermuda Hotel Association with the help of the Department of Workfor...
DATE: Dec 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A pastor has signed a deal as the co-ordinator of the Gang Violence Reduction Taskforce until next August.
A notice in the Official Gazette said that Leroy Bean was contracted at $125,116 a year between September last year and August 2022.
Mr Bean wa...
DATE: Dec 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The cahow conservation programme on Nonsuch Island has been featured in the cover story of America’s national Audubon magazine
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The winter edition of the magazine included an article on the birds written by Jessica Bruder, whose book Nomadland:...
DATE: Dec 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The last remaining residential property on a busy Hamilton road is to be demolished.
Rose Cottage, on Par-la-Ville Road, stands in the shadow of multi-storey office blocks that are home to law and accountancy firms, as well as international businesse...
DATE: Dec 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Volunteers with a skill development programme offered landscaping service to a care home free of charge.
Residents of the Matilda Smith William Nursing Home in Devonshire saw 15 men trim hedges and cull invasive trees around the property last Saturda...
DATE: Dec 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
An engineer from the Chinese builder of the new 30-strong electric bus fleet will be based in Bermuda for three months to help staff in their transition to the vehicles.
A government spokeswoman said: “The Ministry of Transport will ensure that the s...
DATE: Dec 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan